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Issue Details

Issue #779
Published March 1957
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
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Notes Indicia title is "LEE HUNTER, INDIAN FIGHTER, No. 779." Code number is I.F.O.S. #779-573. Copyright 1957 by Western Printing & Lithographing Co. First of two Lee Hunter Indian Fighter Four Colors.

Cover Details

Characters Lee Hunter; Reb Stuart
Genre western
Pencils Sam Savitt (painting)
Inks Sam Savitt (painting)
Colors Sam Savitt (painting)
Notes Pencils, inks, and colors credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

1 page Lee Hunter Indian Fighter foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Introduction"

Characters Lee Hunter; Reb Stuart; Col. Frost
Synopsis Introduction to series.
Genre western
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Illustrations surrounding typeset text.

17 page Lee Hunter Indian Fighter story "War Drums at the Peace Council"

Characters Lee Hunter (intro); Reb Stuart (intro); Col. Frost (intro)
Synopsis Shortly after the Civil War, Lee Hunter, a former Union cavalry officer, and Reb Stuart, former Confederate cavalry horseman, take civilian positions at Fort Defiance, near Indian Territory. In a meeting of several tribes for a peace council, Hunter and Stuart must keep Sioux warrior Standing Bear from starting a war with the Snake tribe.
Genre western
Notes First story of the series.

16 page Lee Hunter Indian Fighter story "Ambushed"

Characters Lee Hunter; Reb Stuart; Col. Frost
Synopsis The Cavalry must move Red Bird's Cheyenne tribe to a new reservation; but are under orders to disarm the warriors during the trip. The rival Pawnees see this as an opportunity to ambush the travelers.
Genre western
Notes Story continues on inside back cover in black and white and concludes on the back cover in color. The last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."

Half page Fury promo (ad from the publisher) "Fury!... The Stallion that Only an Orphan Boy Could Ride."

Characters Fury (horse)
Genre animal
Letters typeset
Notes Promo for Fury Four Color #781 (March 1957). Line-drawn version of the photo cover is depicted. The promo comes at the bottom of the last interior page, in the middle of the story.